New Energy Power Generation Automation and Intelligent Technology: The Eighth Seminar on Digital Instrumentation and Control Technology for Nuclear Power Plant: Vol 1

This book is the 1st volume of proceedings of the 1st Smart Nuclear Power Technology Forum and the 8th China Nuclear Power Plant Digital Technology and Application Seminar held in Shenzhen, China in June 2024. This seminar aims to explore the software and hardware of digital and instrument control (I&C) systems in nuclear power plants, such as inspection, testing, certification and research of sensors, actuators and control systems, and the application of electrical and intelligent operation and maintenance technologies. It aims to provide a platform for experts, scholars and nuclear power practitioners to exchange technology and share experience. At the same time, it also provides a platform for the combination of universities and enterprises in the aspects of production, education and research, and promotes the safe development of nuclear power plants. In addition, readers will encounter new ideas to achieve more efficient and safer instruments and control systems.

Dr. Pengfei Gu received the Ph.D. degree in Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Currently, he worked at China Nuclear Power Design Co., Ltd (Shenzhen). In recently years, he worked on software verification and validation of safety instrument and control system for nuclear power plants. Dr. Gu mainly focuses on the research of software verification and validation. His recent research interests include: software aging management, software reliability analysis and the safety and security of software, etc. He has won the First Prize in Science and Technology of China Instrument and Control Society and China Patent Excellence Award.

Dr. Yang Xu received his doctoral degree from Department of Engineering Physics of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2003. After obtaining his degrees, Dr. Xu worked for Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET) of Tsinghua University from year 2003 to 2014, after that, he returned to Department of Engineering Physics. Since Dec. 2010, he served as Associate Professor, and National Registered Consulting Engineer.Dr. Xu’s research focuses on the Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Instrument Control. He has directed, participated and finished several projects on this area, such as "Study on Common Cause Failure of Digital Instrument", "Standards and Literature's Research of Digital Control Room Modernization Program", "Seismic stability Design, Identification and Verification for Large LCD screen for Nuclear Power Plant", " Expert System for Numerical Operation of Nuclear Power Plant", and so on. His research work has won the third-grade prize of national defense science and technology.

Weihua Chen's research focuses on nuclear power instrumentation and informatization, and he was awarded the title of local leader in Shenzhen. In recent years, he has won 4 first prizes and 5 second prizes at the provincial and ministerial level, 1 patent gold prize in China and 1 patent silver prize in Guangdong Province, and participated in the publication of 3 SCI papers. 

Zhongqiu Wang is Deputy Chief Engineer of the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, with the title of Researcher and Registered Nuclear Safety Engineer. He has been engaged in the review, supervision, and related scientific research work of instrumentation and control systems in nuclear power plants for a long time. He is familiar with the design, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of instrumentation and control systems and equipment. I have been responsible for the nuclear safety review of instrumentation and control systems over 30 nuclear power units, including M310, AP1000, EPR, high-temperature gas cooled reactor, and Hualong No.1.

Dr. Yongbin Sun, high-level engineer of researcher’s grade, is the Chairman and the General Manager of CGN Digital Technology Co., Ltd. Dr. SUN has extensive experience in I&C system design and has been involved in general design and preliminary design for more than 20 nuclear units in China, including CPR1000, CPR1000+, ACPR1000, HPR1000, VVER-1200, etc.. He is also the Project Manager for more than 14 units of 100MW NPPs. Dr. SUN has presided over a number of national scientific research projects and the laboratory construction work. He is also in charge of compiling the top-level standard in the nuclear I&C field initiated by the National Energy Administration of China. SUN has long been engaged in technical research in the field of I&C system for NPPs, and his team has successfully developed the FirmSys, the first safety digital I&C system platform for nuclear power plants with completely independent intellectual property rights in China. It has been successfully applied in more than 1,000 nuclear power projects, covering most of China's nuclear power plants in service and under construction, involving various reactor types. Dr. SUN has been selected as a leading local talent by Shenzhen municipal government in the last ten years for two consecutive sessions.

Liu Zheming studied enterprise financial accounting at Jilin Finance and Taxation College and computer software and application at Jilin University between 1996 and 2013. He was the Secretary General of the Product Information Working Committee of China Instrumentation Society, and is now the Deputy Director and Secretary General of the Enterprise Science and Technology Industry Committee of China Technology Market Association. He has participated in the selection of several social force awards (equivalent to provincial and ministerial level); planned and organised many domestic and international conferences and exhibitions; promoted the preparation of many standards, scientific and technical books and technical materials; Mr Liu has managed, in cooperation with professors and experts, the Handbook of Measurement and Control in Petrochemical Engineering", "Automatic Measurement and Application in Processing Industry", "Handbook of Petrochemical Machinery", "New Technology and Application in Petrochemical Engineering" and other professional publications